diggity

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English

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Etymology

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See diggety, analyzable as dig +‎ -ity, a suffix used to extend monosyllabic words.

Adverb

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diggity (comparative more diggity, superlative most diggity)

  1. Alternative form of diggety

Interjection

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diggity

  1. Alternative form of diggety

Noun

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diggity (uncountable)

  1. An expletive or partially reduplicative form used in word games or idioms.
    no diggity (“no doubt”)
    bomb diggity (“excellent, the bomb”)
    • 1897, Kate Douglas Wiggin, “Penelope’s Progress”, in The Atlantic Monthly, page 702:
      We afterwards learned that this is spelled Dalgety, but it is considered rather vulgar, in Scotland, to pronounce the names of persons and places as they are written. When, therefore, I allude to the cook, which shall be as seldom as possible, I shall speak of her as Miss Diggety-Dalgety.
    • 1996, Eileen Barish, Doin’ Texas with your Pooch[1]:
      Let your hot diggity dog cool his tootsies on this picturesque creekside trail where nature is the name of the game.

References

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  • diggity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.